Logbook

1. What and Why

The Logbook plugin is useful for creating and maintaining many types of logs for your boat.

The plugin is now maintained by Del, Konnibe has been unable to continue development due to ill health.

2. Install

See Install and Enable [1609] page for installing this plugin.

3. Standard actions

An additional Layouts zip file is needed for the first install and should be downloaded through the official download page.

After downloading and installing the plugin, you can install the initial layouts.

Start OpenCPN
Select Options from the toolbar and go to the Plugins tab.
Select the Logbook plugin
Click the Preferences button
In the dialog click “Install” below the label “Install Layouts”
In the file dialog select the file 'LogbookKonni_Layouts.zip'

Note that the layouts are customisable by the user and can be distributed to and shared with other OpenCPN logbook users. If you have developed a useful custom layout for your logbook then please feel free to send us details.

The logbook plugin contains an extensive help file which can be accessed by clicking on the little blue book when the logbook plugin is started. See RED circle in below picture.

../Images/opencpn_manual_plugins_log_data_translate_logbook_help.png

4. Options

Setting preferences for the logbook is done in the Logbook Preferences dialog. You can get to this from the main OpenCPN Options window, go to the Plugins tab, select the Logbook plugin and click “Preferences”

5. Use with GE2KAP

On GE2KAP [1610] website, select “Downloads” in the Menubar.

C2GPXKML - V4.0.2 New July. 31, 2015 Converts GPX, KML, SRW, Maxsea and Ozi formats. Supports Konni logbook plugin csv to combine track and logbook data.